Louis de Buade de Frontenac

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French nobleman Governor General of New France colonial governor human military leader

Louis de Buade de Frontenac was a 17th-century French nobleman and military leader who twice served as governor of New France, playing a key role in its defense and expansion during conflicts with the English and Indigenous nations.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Louis de Buade de Frontenac canonical 9
Comte de Frontenac 1
Count Frontenac 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French nobleman ⓘ
Governor General of New France ⓘ
colonial governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
allegiance Kingdom of France ⓘ
associatedWith English colonies in North America ⓘ
Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
birthCountry Kingdom of France ⓘ
birthDate 1622-05-22 ⓘ
birthPlace Saint-Germain-en-Laye NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Quebec City ⓘ
conflict Beaver Wars ⓘ
Beaver Wars ⓘ
surface form: Franco-Iroquois conflicts

King William's War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
deathDate 1698-11-28 ⓘ
deathPlace Quebec City ⓘ
deathTerritory New France ⓘ
endTime 1682 ⓘ
1698 ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
familyName de Buade ⓘ
givenName Louis ⓘ
governedCity Quebec City ⓘ
governedTerritory New France ⓘ
knownFor policy of alliance with certain Indigenous nations ⓘ
resistance to English colonial expansion ⓘ
support of the fur trade in New France ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
militaryBranch French Army ⓘ
militaryRank lieutenant general ⓘ
monarchServed Louis XIV of France ⓘ
nobleFamily de Buade family ⓘ
nobleTitle Louis de Buade de Frontenac self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Comte de Frontenac
notableEvent defense of Quebec during the 1690 English expedition of Sir William Phips ⓘ
notableFor defense of New France against English and Iroquois forces ⓘ
expansion of French influence in North America ⓘ
occupation administrator ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of New France ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Citadelle of Quebec ⓘ
surface form: Château Saint-Louis

Quebec City ⓘ
spouse Anne de La Grange-Trianon ⓘ
startTime 1672 ⓘ
1689 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New France → notableGovernor → Louis de Buade de Frontenac ⓘ
King William's War → commander → Louis de Buade de Frontenac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Count Frontenac
Château Frontenac → namedAfter → Louis de Buade de Frontenac ⓘ
Francis Parkman → notableWork → Louis de Buade de Frontenac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV
Louis Jolliet → commissionedBy → Louis de Buade de Frontenac ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac
French colonial authorities in New France → notableOfficeHolder → Louis de Buade de Frontenac ⓘ
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle → patron → Louis de Buade de Frontenac ⓘ
Battle of Quebec (1690) → commander → Louis de Buade de Frontenac ⓘ
Battle of Quebec (1690) → defender → Louis de Buade de Frontenac ⓘ
Governor General of New France → positionHeldBy → Louis de Buade de Frontenac ⓘ
Louis de Buade de Frontenac → nobleTitle → Louis de Buade de Frontenac self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Comte de Frontenac
La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West → historicalFigureCovered → Louis de Buade de Frontenac ⓘ
Louis Hennepin → employerOrPatron → Louis de Buade de Frontenac ⓘ